Guest Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Country grockle living can mean only one thing: ride on mower POWAH.I saw one of these Westwood T1200s for sale near me, but the bloke wanted 650. Entering an eBay auction with 8 seconds to go, I scooped a similar one for 340, also enjoying that schadenfreude that you achieve when you nab something off some dude who's been bidding on it for a week. Sozzer, bloke.As you can see from the library photo below, this 12 HP five speed vehicle is a lot more stylish, refined, luxurious and probably a better drive than many of the cars owned by many of us here. As to why there is a dog hanging from a tree in the background of the photo, well, I suppose, why wouldn't there be?EDIT - oops, photo size borkage, no time to fix, so here is the url.http://slovenskainzercia.sk/x-sk/inz/916/916879-westwood-t1200-2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 I collected this heap today. Collection story pretty dull. Drove Rangey with trailer to Hampshire. Loaded tractor onto trailer. Drove back home again. En route, ate incredibly shit cheese and onion sandwich made with 400 year old shit bread, bought at shit garage. Spotted some fine G and H reg Volvoshite, plus a pristine Nissan Sunny, and also a Jensen. Er, that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattblack Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 There's an old Westwood lurking in the back of one of the garages at work, a legacy of when they did their own groundskeeping. Not sure what model, I've toyed with the idea of offering them £50 for it a few times... Will try to get some pics if I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 I bought a manual for the thing on eBay. It basically describes about 900 ways in which the thing will kill you. Every other line is "WARNING: REALLY FUCKING DANGEROUS, NO WE MEAN IT, DON'T FUCKING DO IT. IN FACT, DON'T GO NEAR THE FUCKING THING. WAY FUCKING SCARY. DANGER". Also, gardening tips. Bobthebeard and garethj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 I imagine that's pretty normal for mower manuals, I've never had the book for our yellow peril at work out of it's plastic case. It does have two big fuck off instructions printed on the floor by the pedals though, these are to not attempt to mow a bank of more than 10 degrees, which is bollocks as 45 degrees is perfectly safe* so long as you lean right over the side of the mower and hold on tight. The other is that you shouldn't drive it on the road which we ignored for many happy years. Our new gaffer has put a stop to this though so we've had to convert a canoe trailer to carry it. It looks a bit like this. Enjoy yours and watch out for low branches and getting stuck at the bottom of steep inclines, ours has nearly gone into the river twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mike Oxgreen Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 The photo makes it look like the mower has been slid in sideways in a death-defying handbrake turn. Cool! The picture also says: "You too could have a luxurious* lawn like this!" mat_the_cat and inconsistant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I think that in Buttfuckistan, or wherever else that photo was taken, that counts as uber posh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Apologies for blur-o-vision (cause: being rubbish at photos). First, an ensemble shot of the delivery rig (ignore Matra Murena spare wheel used as counterbalance) 3.9 litre V8 Range Rover - £500 Galvanised trailer - £150 Garden tractor - £340 Having a whole bunch of minging tat in your back yard - Priceless. Mighty 13 HP POWAH unit (extra 1 HP BONUS, not mentioned in eBay ad) Cheeky face. NB - wonkiness of angle attributable to Planet Earth being slopey, or something. Forward to TERRROOOOORRRRRR Note luxo-edition hand stiched LEVVA steering wheel, sewn by same bloke who did Frankenstein's skull. Not shown in photos - powered grass collector. For this, imagine a big rusty orange box that looks like it was put together by some blokes working in a big shed, and you pretty much have the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Here is mine. Bought 3 yrs ago for £50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Here it is starting the range..... theorganist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Lol KS - it really has enough powah to jump a RR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Das ist der echt qualitats tat! I am going to see if the Rangey of Ridiculous Redness will start mine, as it came with a shite battery. I could pull it off, but I've lost my touch on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Master! The CREATURE.....lives! Jumpy starty very smoky, throttle on wrong way aroundy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Its always mystified me a little as to why ride on mowers have headlights, they never look like they'd actually be effective enough to see where you're going, and who mows their lawn in the dark? Isnt that the sort of thing you get an ASBO for? massive win tho, I've lusted after one for years, ideally more rust than good metal with totally blunt cutting blades which sort of maul the grass into submission rather than actually cutting it. My lawn is about 6 metres square and SWMBO would actually kill me - possibly using aforementioned blunt blades - if I actually bought one. did anyone else see the article about honda building the 130mph lawnmower on the BBC website today? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22784725 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Ah that's where you were going! You spotted me, we passed on Aston hill on sat morning (you were going up, near the top. I may have been hooning...), but by the time I realised it might be you we had wafted past each other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 That looks like a nice mower. A nitrous kits and one of those Nurburgring stickers should be everything else you require. inconsistant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Claimed top speed of 6 MPH - read it and weep, Max Power dudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I am WEL JEL. Always wanted a ride-on mower, but the 'lawn' at Castell Skizzer is too small and too steep so it remains a fantasy; also, you don't need to mow moss and dandelions that often. Maybe you could have an Autoshite raffle with the opportunity to mow your lawn as a prize? PS I thought you'd sold the Murena? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 A ride on mower has been a dream of mine for many years. My garden doesn't quite justify it, but WTF. Murena sold as in offer and acceptance, but buyer on hols - hopefully returning to pay and collect this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 PS: headlights, I agree - what a load of toss. What can they possibly be for? Having said that, I promise to test them for some pikey lamping/dogging exploits and will report back in due course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
face Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Headlights.... I'm guessing that this would be to snare customers such as golf-clubs, who often mow areas in poor or dark conditions. Plus they'd be handy if you use it to pull a little trailor about your estate, or at least for when Jeaves does, when he carries out the evening 'doberman-egg' run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Prompted by the other lawn mower thread, I have realised that my garden doesn't really justify keeping this ride on mo-sheen, so if anyone here wants it and can collect it they can have it for not much Wong. Works OK, needs a new battery, is a bit rusty in places but is OK, if scruffy. Complete with owner's manual and bits of skanky old grass clippings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castros_bro Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Headlights for this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUwF3vskF8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 How much Mr BV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I paid 340 for it last year. I have seen these machines go for 600 odd on eBay. How about 300 in Shitepounds? Wish I'd mentioned it last week when you were passing, so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 swop foor moa m8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Tempting...this is my mower and I've always fancied a ride-on! Maybe we should have a mowershite thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Country grockle living can mean only one thing: ride on mower POWAH. So what's the story with the tiny dog? Is he staring at a white wall from really close up or is he coveting your neighbour's ride-on? Bobthebeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 That's some sort of Johnny Furriner pooch, that being a kwalidee library photo culled from the live electronical internetz, and those darn fozzers do things their own way. The original caption translates via Google as "buy BV's much more shit than this one ride on mower or the dog gets bummed". Photos of my one on page one, featuring tip top lack of focus skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The dog looks ready for a 'no sale'. Also, given the top speed of 6mph I think that rear splitter on the mowa is a bit excessive. ..etc, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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